The Lifting Blob

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Not sure if lazy is the right word. Been travelling, returned to Norway, forgot important stuff as change of clothes at home on Monday. Tuesday I realized I also didn't have a towel. Yesterday I was busy preparing stuff at work. Today I didn't have any more lame excuses, so I went to the gym.

My lifts have suffered from the lack of lifting.

Today's Lifts

Barbell Squat

2x5x20kg

5x40kg

3x60kg

3x80kg

3x100kg

1x120kg

1x140kg

1x160kg

Overhead Press

5x20kg

5x40kg

5x60kg

Deadlift

5x60kg

5x80kg

5x100kg

1x120kg

1x140kg

1x160kg

1x180kg

Can't bother to calculate volume as it's just not enough, but I went back to the gym again which was the important bit. Now I need to make sure to keep it up.

Friday, February 10, 2017

Happy. Satisfied. Today was a good volume day. Would've loved to be able to do 5x5x120kg again for Squats, but given that I'm running on 3 volume days and two single days per week, I guess that just isn't happening juuust yet.

Friday, January 27, 2017

Yesterday afternoon, I started questioning the volume approach, as fatigue started setting in. My hamstrings felt crazy tired. This morning, I woke up feeling fresh and ready for another volume day. And given that it's Friday and the last day of the week - I've got two days of rest ahead of me.

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Someone in #powerlifting pointed out to me that I seem to have unintentionally peaked myself at the end of November, and continued on with silly singles in most of December... and that's why I did a heck of a lot of PRs at the end of November, while then going weaker.

So.. tentative program, as much as I can stick to it (which might be difficult given all the travel I have to do in the next few months).

Squats: 5 times a week. Volume on Mon,Wed,Fri. Heavy single(s) on Tue, Thu.

Deadlifts: 3 times a week. Volume on Mon,Fri. Heavy single on Wed.

Overhead Press: 2 times a week. Just volume for now. Mon, Fri

Bench Press: 2 times a week. Tue, Thu. Just volume for a while

Barbell Row: 2 times a week. Tue, Thu. Just volume forever.

This leaves me with just Squats and Deadlifts on Wednesdays.. I was thinking that I need to do some Power Cleans and Power Snatches .. but doing that on wednesdays when my legs will be shivering like Jell-O seems like seems like a bad idea. Pullups seems like a bad idea given the rows on both Tue and Thu. Maybe I'll add some core exercises. I hate'em. But maybe I'll add some.

Todays Lifts

Barbell Squat

2x20kg
5x40kg
3x60kg
3x80kg
3x100kg
1x120kg
1x140kg
1x160kg

Volume: 1540kg

Barbell Row

5x8x60kg

20x60kg (PR)

Volume: 3600kg

OKay, I think maybe 60kg is too light for me as a training weight in Barbell Rows. I just hate this exercise. Maybe I should up it to 70kg or something.

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

So, I've grown weaker. I've been frustrated that my lifts seem to have grown weaker - and I wasn't sure why. When fiddling with Fitnotes, I looked at the volume of my lifting. Lo and behold; ever since the middle of November my total volume in each lift has decreased.